By the time this post goes live we will be at our first of three stops! That’s right, people, the trip we talked so much about at the beginning of the year is now starting and we could not be more excited 🙂 I don’t remember if we ever mentioned our final destination, but I’ll give you a hint: it’s located in southeast Asia and it’s called the Island of Gods. We are, officially, on vacations!

Given the fact that our route includes several villages and hotels, I decided to use my camping bag instead of a trolley. It will be easier to carry around, even if the weight is on my back… In this bag I’ll take the essential: clothes, swimwear, necessaire, beach towel, underwear, shoes, pajamas, medication and snorkeling material. I tried to reduce as much as I could and I must say I am proud ahah Now let’s see if it is still too much or not (probably yes…) 😉

To better organize this backpack I used mainly two tricks. The first was to make rolls with my clothes. It gets easier to pack and, as weird as it may seem, avoids the clothes to get crumpled. Besides, even if I pack my clothes with the backpack horizontally, when I pick it up it doesn’t end up all wrapped around the bottom of the bag. The second trick was to pack the clothes in individual bags. I bought these super cute ones at Tiger and used two for everything: one for one-piece pieces (overalls and dresses) and one for two-piece sets (shorts and t-shirts). So when I want something, I know exactly where it is and I don’t have to rummage through the entire bag to find X garment🙂

Once again, I’ll be taking a smaller backpack. Inside it I’ll be taking my gadgets (kobo, cellphone, phones and camera) and respective chargers, but also a change of clothes and a swimsuit. Usually, when I do trips that include flight changes, I always choose to take my favorite articles with me as the probability of the checked bag getting lost increases a bit. Besides that, as we are doing two long flights, I also carry with me a pair of comfy jeans and hoodie that will be my coat (and pillow) for the rest of the trip. At last, but super important, my passport and my wallet, of course!

My last trick is for those who travel with a companion: split the common items between the both of you 🙂 My P. and I are carrying stuff from both of us and that is how we make sure we are carrying things evenly 🙂

And this is how I say “see you soon”! For the next 15 days your Trio will be on vacations and will be back in October with lots of amazing things to show and tell. Until then, step by our Instagram to see our adventure(s)!

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